Courtney McGrailAn analysis of complaints lodged with the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland (BAI) for the last six years has revealed that broadcaster Ray D’Arcy has garnered more complaints than any other radio personality.
Released by The Sunday Times, the breakdown in figures for BAI complaints reveals that, in just three years with RTÉ Radio, D’Arcy was the subject of 38 complaints. Of these, 33 were connected to his afternoon radio show on RTÉ Radio 1. Since 2010 he has been the subject of 51 complaints.
D’Arcy has courted controversy on his radio programme for his often one-sided broadcasts on the abortion issue.
In December, the BAI issue a Warning Notice to RTÉ in respect of this after a third complaint to the watchdog specific to D’Arcy and abortion.
The BAI warned of sanctions against RTÉ if this was not remedied, and the broadcaster gave an undertaking to provide the BAI with a plan to avoid any re-occurrence of the concerns raised.